Nick Taylor (basketball) explained

Nick Taylor
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Birth Date:18 January 1980
Country:Australia
Sport:Wheelchair basketball
Event:Men's team
Collegeteam:University of Texas at Arlington
Team:Wollongong Roller Hawks
Turnedpro:2005

Nick Taylor (born 18 January 1980) is a wheelchair basketball player. He competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics playing for the South Africa men's national wheelchair basketball team. He represented Australia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in wheelchair basketball, being part of the men's team that won silver.[1] After basketball, he successfully took up wheelchair gold and won the inaugural Australian Wheelchair Golf Championship.

Personal

Taylor was born on 18 January 1980 in South Africa. He became a paraplegic as a result of a car accident in South Africa when he was eighteen years old the day before he was supposed to play in a basketball tournament. He attended university in Cape Town and at the University of Texas. In 2005, he moved to Illawarra, New South Wales, participating in a surfing tryout that year.[2] In 2012, he lived in Towradgi, New South Wales.

Basketball

Growing up, Taylor played basketball in South Africa, playing for the South Africa junior national basketball team. He also played for the Natal representative side and was scheduled to play in the 1998 U19 South African National Championships but was involved in a serious car accident the day before the competition.

Wheelchair basketball

Taylor is a wheelchair basketball player,[3] playing in the shooting guard position.[4] [5] He started playing wheelchair basketball in 2002.[3] He earned the 2010 Frank Ponta Trophy.[3]

Taylor played wheelchair basketball for the University of Texas at Arlington in 2002 with future Australian national team teammate Brad Ness.[6]

Taylor played for the Wollongong Roller Hawks in 2005.[6] In 2012, he was still with the Roller Hawks, which won the National Wheelchair Basketball League in 2012.[4] [7] In his team's 75-59 semi-final win over the Wentley Wheelcats, he scored fourteen points.[8] In the Grand Final, he scored fourteen points in a game that was played before a crowd of 500.[5] [9] [10]

Taylor played for the South African men's national wheelchair basketball team at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.[3]

Taylor first made the Australian national team in 2009, making his debut at the Rollers & Gliders World Challenge.[3] He was selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in wheelchair basketball.[3] [11] [7] Going into the London Paralympics, his team was ranked number one in the world.[10] He had to earn his spot as fourteen men had been vying for spots on the team.[12]

At the 2012 Summer Paralympics he was part of the Australian men's wheelchair team that won silver.[1] He was a member of the Rollers team that won the gold medal at the 2014 Wheelchair Basketball World Championships .[13]

Golf

In February 2022, Taylor won the inaugural Australian Wheelchair Championship.[14]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Men's Wheelchair Basketball Results. London 2012 Paralympic Games. 9 September 2012. 8 September 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120908235825/http://www.london2012.com/paralympics/wheelchair-basketball/event/men/match%3Dwbm400101/index.html. live.
  2. Web site: All hands on deck for surfing day . Fairfax . 8 April 2005 . 2012-07-27.
  3. Web site: Nick Taylor . Australian Paralympic Committee . Australia . 2012 . 13 July 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120712095432/https://www.paralympic.org.au/team/nick-taylor . 12 July 2012 .
  4. Web site: Bree Fuller . Champion Roller Hawks under threat — Local News — News — General . Illawarra Mercury . 2012-07-02 . 2012-07-13.
  5. Web site: Financial Review — News Store . Fairfax . 2012-07-27 . 4 June 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210604054839/https://licensing-publishing.nine.com.au/ . live .
  6. Web site: Financial Review — News Store . Fairfax . 2012-07-27 . 4 June 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210604054853/https://licensing-publishing.nine.com.au/ . live .
  7. Web site: Mike Gandon . Stibners, Taylor selected for Paralympics — Local News — Sport — Basketball . Illawarra Mercury . 2012-07-05 . 2012-07-13 . 4 June 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210604054809/https://www.illawarramercury.com.au/story/271371/stibners-taylor-selected-for-paralympics/ . live .
  8. Web site: Financial Review — News Store . Fairfax . 2012-06-18 . 2012-07-27 . 13 August 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140813000657/http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?page=1&sy=afr&kw=Nick+Taylor&pb=all_ffx&dt=selectRange&dr=entire&so=relevance&sf=text&sf=headline&rc=10&rm=200&sp=nrm&clsPage=1&docID=ILL120618A52AU6OHNM6 . live .
  9. Web site: Tim Keeble . Roller Hawks trounce Perth Wheelcats — Local News — Sport — Basketball . Illawarra Mercury . 2012-06-18 . 2012-07-13 . 4 June 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210604054810/https://www.illawarramercury.com.au/story/270763/roller-hawks-trounce-perth-wheelcats/ . live .
  10. Web site: Financial Review — News Store . Fairfax . 2012-07-27 . 13 August 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140813005215/http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?page=1&sy=afr&kw=Nick+Taylor&pb=all_ffx&dt=selectRange&dr=entire&so=relevance&sf=text&sf=headline&rc=10&rm=200&sp=nrm&clsPage=1&docID=ILL1207068NEI59ITOVB . live .
  11. News: Games wheelchair basketball squads named . https://web.archive.org/web/20220317124421/http://localtoday.com.au/local-sport-news/26151-Games-wheelchair-basketball-squads-named.html . dead . 17 March 2022 . news.com.au . 2012-07-27 .
  12. News: Roll on, London Games . Illawarra Mercury . Fairfax . 2012-06-16 . 2012-07-27 . 17 September 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160917051841/http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?page=1&sy=afr&kw=Nick+Taylor&pb=all_ffx&dt=selectRange&dr=entire&so=relevance&sf=text&sf=headline&rc=10&rm=200&sp=nrm&clsPage=1&docID=ILL1206169761P7JHSGG . live .
  13. Web site: Rollers are back to back World Champions . Australian Paralympic Committee News, 14 July 2014 . 28 August 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140903091833/http://www.paralympic.org.au/news/rollers-are-back-back-world-champions . 3 September 2014 .
  14. Web site: Blake. Martin. 14 February 2022. Prior And Taylor Take Vic Trophies North Of The Border. 19 February 2022. Golf Australia.

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